Junctions between three cells serve as gateways for the transport of substances

(University of M ü nster) A team headed by developmental biologist Prof Dr Stefan Luschnig from the University of M ü nster has discovered that during egg development in fruit flies, intercellular gaps open between epithelial cells in a controlled way at the points where three cells meet. This process allows yolk proteins to be transported into the egg cell. The study has been published in the journal " Developmental Cell " .
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